STMPHONIA. MUSOTIMA. 199 



4652. Symphonia multipictalis, n. sp. 



c? White ; head, thorax, and abdomen variegated with pale 

 brown and black ; wings variegated and striated with yellow-brown, 

 sepia, and black. Fore wing with the more prominent markings 

 consisting of an irregular dark medial band conjoined to some 



yellow-brown patches beyond it, 

 and with black spots on it at 

 end of cell and on vein 1 ; a 

 submarginal series of spots most 

 prominent from below costa to 

 ___ vein 4, followed by some brown 



p. -Q7 marks inside the margin, and a 



Symphonia multipictalis, J. }. seri es of black marginal spots 



from costa to the angle. Hind 



wing with the more prominent markings consisting of some black 

 marks at and below end of cell; some black marks below apex, 

 followed by a red-brown patch ; a marginal series of black spots. 

 ' Hob. Ceylon (Pole). Exp. 18 millim. TypeinB.M. 



Genus MUSOTIMA. 

 Musotima, Meyr. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1884, p. 288. 



Type, M. aduncalis, Feld., from New Zealand. 



Mange. S. India ; Ceylon ; Australia ; New Zealand. 



Palpi upturned, the 2nd joint not reaching vertex of head, and 

 thickly fringed with hair, the 3rd well developed and spatulate at 

 extremity ; maxillary palpi short and filiform ; frons rounded ; 

 antennae of male thickened and flattened, with appressed serrations ; 

 tibiae with the spurs long and equal ; male with a tuft of long hair 

 springing from base of fore coxae. Fore wing with the apex pro- 

 duced and acute ; the outer margin excised below apex ; vein 2 

 curved and arising near angle of cell ; 3, 4 from angle ; 5 from 

 above angle ; 7 straight and well separated from 8, 9, 10 ; male 

 with a more or less prominent foveal depression in cell. Hind 

 wing with the outer margin excised below apex and towards anal 

 angle ; veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 from above angle ; 7 from 

 before upper angle. 



SECT. I. Outer margin of fore and hind wings deeply excised below 

 apex ; three indentations towards anal angle of hind wing. 



4653. Musotima suffiisalis, Hmpsn. Ill Het. ix, p. 178 pi. 174, fig. 20 



c? . Head and thorax fuscous and white. Fore wing yellow ; the 

 base fuscous and white ; a very obscure antemedial dark line with 

 a whitish patch beyond it on costa, angled on median nervure, and 

 with fuscous suffusion beyond it on inner area : a postmedial 

 white band from costa to vein 4, where it is bent inwards to a 

 sharp point at lower angle of cell, its inner edge defined by a black 

 spot on costa and line crossing the retracted portion ; a sinuous 



